Meta-Cognition: A Recent Review of Research, Theory, and Perspectives

by Shaughnessy, Michael F.

• ISBN13: 9781604560114
• ISBN10: 1604560118
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-01
• Publisher: NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS INC

Summary

This book presents new and significant research progress on composite materials which are engineered materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties and which remain separate and distinct on a macroscopic level within the finished structure. Fiber Reinforced Polymers or FRPs include Wood comprising (cellulose fibers in a lignin and hemicellulose matrix), Carbon-fiber reinforced plastic or CFRP, Glass-fiber reinforced plastic or GFRP (also GRP). If classified by matrix then there are Thermoplastic Composites, short fiber thermoplastics, long fiber thermoplastics or long fiber reinforced thermoplastics There are numerous thermoset composites, but advanced systems usually incorporate aramid fibre and carbon fibre in an epoxy resin matrix. Composites can also utilise metal fibres reinforcing other metals, as in Metal matrix composites or MMC. Ceramic matrix composites include Bone (hydroxyapatite reinforced with collagen fibers), Cermet (ceramic and metal) and Concrete. Organic matrix/ceramic aggregate composites include Asphalt concrete, Mastic asphalt, Mastic roller hybrid, Dental composite, Syntactic foam and Mother of Pearl. Chobham armour is a special composite used in military applications. Engineered wood includes a wide variety of different products such as Plywood, Oriented strand board, Wood plastic composite (recycled wood fiber in polyethylene matrix), Pykrete (sawdust in ice matrix), Plastic-impregnated or laminated paper or textiles, Arborite, Formica (plastic) and Micarta. Composite materials have gained popularity (despite their generally high cost) in high-performance products such as aerospace components (tails, wings , fuselages, propellors), boat and scull hulls, and racing car bodies. More mundane uses include fishing rods and storage tanks.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Metacognitive Skills of the Gifted from a Cross-cultural Perspective	p. 3
Metacognition - A Psychophysiological Perspective	p. 45
Stegosaurus and Spoonbills: Mechanisms for Transfer across Biological Domains	p. 63
To Be or Not 2 Bee: An Examination of Breaking Set	p. 85
Metacognition in the Gifted: Connections to Expertise	p. 109
Marginalia as a Metacognitive Strategy	p. 127
Self-awareness and Self-mapping of Cognitive Processes from Early Childhood to Adolescence	p. 141
Epistemic Development and the Perils of Pluto	p. 161
Metacognitive Multicultural Education	p. 175
The Relationship between Metacognitive and Cognitive Strategies and Reading Comprehension in Second Language Learning	p. 185
Giftedness: Predicting the Speed of Expertise Acquisition by Intellectual Ability and Metacognitive Skillfulness of Novices	p. 207
An Interview with John Flavell	p. 221
Index	p. 229
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